Loose Cannon
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FSU fans are all excited about their new Head Coach, Willie Taggart, and think he's going to be the Next Big Thing. But as the legendary Bill Parcells once said, you are what your record says you are. So gather round Hurricane fans and let's examine Coach Taggart's record.
Taggart began his career in 2010 with Western Kentucky in the Sun Belt conference against big time teams like Georgia State, ULM, South Alabama, and Coastal Carolina. He coached the Hill Toppers for three seasons and amassed a record of 16 and 20, and never coached in a bowl game.
In 2013 Taggart accepted the position of Head Coach for the University of South Florida. As a member of the American Conference, Taggart matched coaching wits against power house programs like Tulane, Tulsa, SMU, UCONN, Navy, and UCONN, and compiled an impressive 24 wins compared to only 25 defeats in regular season play. He also coached the Bulls in the Miami Beach Bowl against his former team, the Hill Toppers of Western Kentucky, where he was soundly defeated by his successor in front of a South Florida home crowd.
After four seasons at USF, Taggart became the new head coach of the Oregon Ducks, a program that is most notable for being the most mediocre team in the Pac 12, outside of two good seasons with Heisman Trophy finalist quarterbacks, Joey Harrington and Marcus Mariotta. These two good seasons were separated by more than a decade of more mediocrity, and neither occurred with Taggart at the helm. Instead, in his lone season as Ducks head coach, Taggart returned the Ducks to mediocrity with a 7 and 5 showing. It's unclear whether he intends to add to his postseason defeat total by calling the shots when Oregon goes up against 10-3 Boisie State in this year's Las Vegas Bowl.
In summary, Taggart is:
47-50 in 8 regular seasons
10-31 against teams with a winning record
1-5 against Power Five teams with a winning record
0-1 in Postseason play
Willie Taggart's record says he's a bum.
